SBD’s last in a three part series entitled “Understanding the UK car insurance system” has been released.

“Part 3 – An introduction to Thatcham and their expanding global influence” explains who Thatcham are and the activities they are responsible for conducting on behalf of the UK insurers. It also identifies the markets they are already working with outside of the UK and the growing influence they are having within the automotive, insurance and repair industries globally.

It includes:

• An overview of Thatcham’s activities in low and high speed crash, whiplash, active safety, insurance group ratings and vehicle security.
• An explanation of Thatcham’s activities in repair technology, repair methods and their training programs.
• A summary of how they work with other insurance research centres around the world and how they are looking to expand their activity in terms of global security and safety requirements.

Also available now…

• Part 1: The process - an introduction to the UK insurance system with an explanation of how it works, the effect of recent changes to the system and the main factors that influence a car’s insurance rating.
• Part 2: How to gain competitive UK insurance ratings - an insight into how to develop an efficient strategy to reduce insurance costs with minimal increase in the vehicle cost.

UK Theft and Insurance information bulletin.pdf (890.18 kb)